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Lecture Series

Conservation Detectives

Conservators address the challenges and risk of caring for fragile cultural and scientific collections.

  • September 24
    Clara Deck, Conservator at The Henry Ford Museum
    Dangerous Things in Collections: From Asbestos to Radioactive Paint
    10:00 - 11:30am, Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, Room 100
  • November 4
    Daniel J. Miller, Ph.D., Coordinator of Invertebrate Collections, UM Museum of Paleontology
    Fool's Gold and Fossils: A Paleontologist's Love/Hate Relationship with Pyrite
    12:00 - 1:30pm, Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, Room 100
  • February 11
    Jim Craven, Conservator, Bentley Historical Library
    Disaster at the Econ Library... Recovering after the Fire
    12:00 - 1:30pm, Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, Room 100
  • March 11
    Julie Fremuth, Conservator, Clements Library
    Preserving History - Engaging Today's Youth through Historical Documents
    12:00 - 1:30pm Clements Library